Bitcoin holds $65K as Iran talks fail
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Bitcoin held above $65,000 as Iran rejected US terms and kept the Strait of Hormuz closed. Brent crude rose above $84.
Bitcoin held above $65,000 as Iran rejected US terms and kept the Strait of Hormuz closed. Brent crude rose above $84.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs drew about $853.5 million across five straight inflow sessions, their strongest week since mid-April. BlackRock’s IBIT supplied roughly $693 million, more than 80% of the total.
StonkBrokers reached a 12.4 ETH floor less than a month after its free mint.
Fomo led Solana spot platforms with about $38.85 million in 24-hour volume, nearly double Axiom’s $19.90 million. It also passed Axiom in daily revenue.
Pump.fun alerts followers when selected accounts buy tokens. Paid traders could use tiny microcap buys to trigger alerts before selling into followers; one highlighted trade lasted 17 seconds.
John Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the CLARITY Act, with a vote set for September 15. It needs 60 votes and would only open Senate consideration, not pass the bill.
Pump.fun’s fee revenue rebounded to outperform Hyperliquid on a weekly basis. The platform also transferred another $6.25 million in earned SOL to Kraken, taking estimated cumulative SOL sales to about $807 million.
CASHCAT climbed back toward a $150 million market value after its post-Robinhood-listing drop. The rebound followed a low near $30 million.
Strategy’s Bitcoin-linked preferred stock STRC reached about $95, its highest level in roughly 50 days and within $5 of its $100 par value.
Chain Mancer NFTs climbed from a free mint to nearly $3,000, and MANCER briefly hit a $12 million market cap.
Attackers drained an estimated 1,600–1,800 BTC from Coldcard wallets after a firmware flaw weakened seed entropy for five years. They may be veteran GPU crackers, but their identity remains unresolved.
Ethereum developers left the issuance-cut proposal off the upgrade inclusion list after an Aug. 6 discussion. The plan would taper consensus issuance as staking rises, but debate over staking incentives and DeFi risks continues.
From Jan. 1, 2027, Brazil will make crypto firms wait 24 hours after account funding before sending more than $10,000 to foreign platforms or self-custody wallets. The limit covers a single transfer or daily total, plus smaller transfers flagged by risk controls.
Bybit’s U.S. civil suit targets North Korea and Lazarus Group over the 2025 theft, and a preliminary injunction freezes identified assets. Bybit says it has recovered $48.4 million and frozen another $30.5 million across more than 28 exchanges and custodians.
Bitcoin reclaimed $65,000 after U.S. payrolls fell by 23,000 in July versus expectations for an 80,000 increase. The weak report and downward revisions pushed reported odds of a September Fed hike to about 44% from 55%.
Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility index hit its 2026 low, adding to signs of unusually quiet trading.
Robinhood Chain reached a record 375,000 active addresses as DEX volume rose to $361 million and launchpad volume rebounded to $212 million. Uniswap controls 97% of the chain’s DEX liquidity.
An attacker drained about $7.9 million from Coinsbuy wallets across Ethereum and TRON, then moved funds through exchanges toward Monero. Coinsbuy halted deposits and withdrawals temporarily before restoring service.
The BIP-110 branch is now 175 blocks behind Bitcoin’s main chain after producing only two blocks. Miners have largely rejected the split.
Solana memecoin TOAD reached roughly a $20 million market cap within hours of launch. Pump.fun investor Mike Dudas promoted it, and some traders called the move inorganic.
TUT rose as much as sixfold in one day, from $0.045 to $0.305. The move left more than $44 million liquidated over 24 hours, the highest total for any asset.
Players are farming Cambria for USDC and points ahead of the expected August RSGP launch. Rewards depend on chance, so players can lose what they put in.
TradeXYZ allocated about $3.4 million, or 12% of perpetual-fee revenue, to buy roughly 59,000 HYPE through TWAP orders. The move follows plans to make HIP-3 fees configurable from a 90% discount up to 3x standard pricing.
Putin signed Russia’s comprehensive crypto law, licensing exchanges and brokers and capping retail purchases at 300,000 rubles annually per intermediary. Effective Sept. 1, it preserves the ban on domestic crypto payments but permits cross-border trade settlements.
Solana processed a record 4.24 billion transactions in July. Its testnet cut slot times from 400ms to 350ms as developers work toward 200ms.